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Las Cruces Council Work Session - September 9, 2024
The city’s minutes for this meeting were compared, sentence by sentence, against the transcript of the recording. Of 25 statements the minutes attribute to a named person, 25 were found in the recording.
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Bencomo: a negation on the recording is missing from the minutes (“don't”)
Says something differentBoth records carry the same sentence, but they disagree on a number or on whether it was negative. The same sentence appears in both records, but the recording contains “don't” where the minutes have nothing — which reverses its sense. Around: “i have plenty of ideas so i think a lot of us do”.
What the minutes say
Councilor Bencomo said I think last time you all presented, gosh I don’t remember at this point when that was, but I remember feeling really confident at the end of that meeting regarding the timeline of obligated funds. Today I am a little bit nervous. Four million dollars is a big chunk of money. I don’t want to send a single penny back and so I am just curious if you could speak to that because this $4.3ish million in obligated funds doesn’t mean that we have money for because I have plenty of ideas, so I think a lot of us do. That is not what it means, right? Like those four million dollars are designated somewhere?
What the recording says
no thank you thank you so much everybody for um this thorough presentation um I'll start with some big questions first Leanne I I think last time you all presented gosh I don't remember at this point when that was but I remember feeling really confident at the end of that meeting regarding um the timeline of obligated funds today I'm a little bit nervous 4 million is a big chunk of money I don't want to send a single penny back and so I'm just curious if you can speak to that Leanne because this 4.3 is uh million dollars in obligated funds doesn't mean that we have money for cuz I have plenty of ideas so I don't I think a lot of us do that's not what it means right like those $4 million are
“lawsuit” is said 2× on the recording and never appears in the minutes
Word never written downA word with legal, financial or health weight was said aloud and never written down. A word that carries legal, financial or health weight was spoken during the meeting but is absent from the written record of it.
What the minutes say
Nothing — this passage is absent from the minutes.
What the recording says
like why do I need to know this and I'm like because when you bake a cake you're going to need to know this she laughed she she doesn't laugh anymore so now I'm going to invite Natalie Green to talk to you about the housing work thank you good afternoon uh Mr Mayor members
“resign” is said 2× on the recording and never appears in the minutes
Word never written downA word with legal, financial or health weight was said aloud and never written down. A word that carries legal, financial or health weight was spoken during the meeting but is absent from the written record of it.
What the minutes say
Nothing — this passage is absent from the minutes.
What the recording says
additive manufacturing trainings for certifications will be provided by both local training and educ ational institutions including NMSU and DCC as well as online industry recognized entities next is our apprenticeship program in partnership with the Independent Electrical Contractors of southern New Mexico this project was awarded $200,000 with the goal of increasing the number
“copper” is said 1× on the recording and never appears in the minutes
Word never written downA word with legal, financial or health weight was said aloud and never written down. A word that carries legal, financial or health weight was spoken during the meeting but is absent from the written record of it.
What the minutes say
Nothing — this passage is absent from the minutes.
What the recording says
raising the funds thank you guys oh thank you did anyone have I just have a little question go ahead thank you thank you Mr chavaria um uh so um I'm just curious so are all those theaters going to be gutted or but the structure will remain as it is and then all the
Vote recorded for Cassie McClure Mayor City Clerk, who the minutes do not list as present
Vote roll doesn't add upThe vote roll contradicts the same document's own attendance. Motion: adjourn at 2:12 p.m. The attendance roster and the vote roll of the same document disagree about who was in the room.
What the minutes say
adjourn at 2:12 p.m
RESULT: Carried
AYES: Johana Bencomo, Yvonne Flores, Becki Graham, Becky Corran, Eric Enriquez, Cassie McClure Mayor City Clerk
What the recording says
No matching passage found anywhere in the recording.
~4810 words of the recording have no counterpart in the minutes
Missing from the minutesThis part of the meeting left no trace in the written record. This stretch of the meeting is not reflected anywhere in the written record. Some gaps are legitimate — recesses, or a presentation summarised in one line. Others are discussion that simply did not make it in. It contains: “lawsuit”, “investigation”, “resign”, “racist”, “contamination”.
What the minutes say
Nothing — this passage is absent from the minutes.
What the recording says
e e e [Music] yeah just say hey Adrian are we ready to go we haven't got e e mayor you're on good afternoon everyone uh welcome to the work session today is Monday September 9th uh 2024 it's approximately since we had a little late start 10:3 p.m. I am mayor hriz uh we will start with a moment of silence for the brave men and women of the United States armed forces as they protect our interests as well as the courageous men and women of
~650 words of the recording have no counterpart in the minutes
Missing from the minutesThis part of the meeting left no trace in the written record. This stretch of the meeting is not reflected anywhere in the written record. Some gaps are legitimate — recesses, or a presentation summarised in one line. Others are discussion that simply did not make it in. It contains: “racist”, “deportation”.
What the minutes say
Nothing — this passage is absent from the minutes.
What the recording says
the council members as well as members of the public it's integrated on the city's website lis.gov and these Pages provide an overview of what arpa is as well as financial information so it'll show some graphs which communicate directly with our accounting system and these uh graphs and financial information are are going to be updated on a daily basis and I'm actually going to go to the city's uh website and show you where you can find this information so here's the front page of Las cr
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